Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 98

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084

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Miller, Fred G., was grandson of Timothy, a native of Genesee county, who settled in Carlton about 1844 and married Lucy Law, by whom he had these children : James.

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born in 1824; George, born in 1825; Julia, born in 1827; Mary, born in 1829; Philo W., born in 1830 ; Martha, born in 1832; Eliza, born in 1834; Betsey Ann, born in 1836; Harrison, born in 1838; Oliver, born in 1840; Amanda F., born in 1842, and Julia F., born in 1844. The mother of our subject, Harriet L. Wright, died in 1875, aged forty-three years. The children of George and Harriet were : Emily J., born in 1850; Fred G., born August 14, 1852; Adelbert, born in 1857 ; Ellen E., born in 1854; Emma E., born in 1860; Benjamin D., born in 1863 ; Olin in 1865 ; Carrie, in 1868, and Hattie M. in 1870. Subject was educated in the common schools of Carlton and finished at the Albion Academy, where he attended three terms. He has always followed farming, purchased the S. B. Fuller farm containing forty acres, and added to it until it now contains 100 acres. He has been overseer of the poor six years. Subject married first December 19, 1878, Nannie L. Wilder, born April 18, 1853, and died October 15, 1888. They had five children : Hattie J., born December 6, 1879; Cora E., born October 20, 1882; George W., born April 20, 1884; Ward E., born June 20, 1886; Beulah E., born July 3, 1888. He married second, November 20, 1891, Helena Pettit, who was born in February, 1851.

Dawson, Alfred was born in England, April 18, 1833, and came to America in 1855. He learned the trade of boot and shoe maker in England but scarcely followed it in this country, as he soon embarked in the fruit and produce business in Medina, and made a great success of it. He shipped five years ago over 63,000 barrels of apples, pears and quinces. Mr. Dawson's first wife was Maria Pfeifer, who died two years ago. His second wife is Mary Knapp. Mr. Dawson is one of the substantial men of Medina, and is much respected by all classes.

Tripp, Anthony, was a native of Providence, R. I., and came at a very early day to Columbia county, where he grew up and married ; later on his family moved to Dela- ware county, and there a number of his children were born. In 1811 Anthony Tripp made a purchase from the Holland Land Co. of a farm tract in Barre. In 1817 Samuel Tripp, son of Anthony, cleared up the land, and in 1824 it was first occupied perma- nently by the family. Almeron, son of Anthony, was born in Delaware county, June 24, 1815. On February 28, 1840, he married Sylvia Burns, by whom he had four chil- dren, viz. : James B., born November 9, 1840; Charles A., born July 26, 1845; John Quincy, born January 2, 1849, and Edwin Winslow, born June 25, 1854. Of these children Charles enlisted in Company D, of the 4th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and served to end of the war. He married Julia Hollister, of Barre, and afterward moved to Mis- souri, thence to Dakota, where he now lives. The wife of Almeron Tripp died, Novem- ber 24, 1887. John Q. Tripp, whose farm is located on the principal highway leading south from the village of Albion to the town of Barre, was born in the latter town, January 2, 1849. He was educated at the district schools and the old academy, and began for . himself at the age of twenty-one. For ten or twelve years he was a school teacher in this county. In 1887 he went to Michigan, and carried on a store at Eden, Ingham county, where he did a successful business for three years, and at the end of that time returned to Albion at his father's request. On April 16, 1890, Mr. Tripp married Dora, daughter of William J. and Margaret Hanington. They have two children: William Hanington, and James Almeron. Edwin W. Tripp was born June 24, 1854, and, like his brother just mentioned, spent several years in teaching school. On October 18, 1878, he married Anna F. Latta. They have two children : Evelyn S., and Miriam E.

Weld, John, was born in Roxbury, Mass. (a suburb of Boston), in 1788, a son of Ebenezer Weld, who was a descendant of Captain Joseph Weld, who came to America in 1633 and settled in Roxbury. A brother of the latter, Rev. Thomas Weld, came to America in 1632, and was the first of the family to cross the ocean. He was settled over a church in Roxbury, and was a colleague and assistant of Father Eliot, the great Indian missionary. He returned to England in 1639. John first came to Western New York in 1815 to Cattaraugus county, returning however, after a short time to

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Roxbury. In 1816 he came to the town of Ridgeway, which was then in Genesee county, invested in land, set a man to clearing it up, and returned to Roxbury, where remained until 1819. In the latter year he married Sally Cook, widow of Benjamin Hall, and they came to the town of Ridgeway to reside Their children were : Sally Ann, who married Deacon James Summer ; Lucy Maria, who married James S. Mc- Cormick; Mary Rebecca, who married Albert Breed; Joseph Mayo, who married Caro- line M. Hart ; and John Milo, who married Fidelia E. Hart, sister of Caroline M. John Weld lived upon the farm he first bought until a few years before his death, when he went to reside with his daughter in Medina.

Stokes, J. T., M.D., was born in Lyndonville, October 14, 1851. He was educated at the Yates Academy, and the Buffalo Medical College, from which he graduated in 1879. After a practice of fourteen years at Eagle Harbor, he settled in Medina in the spring of 1894. He is a member of the Orleans County Medical Society. In 1874 he married E. Josephine Lamb, and they have three children : Louis E., Harry De Forrest, and George Moshier. Dr. Stokes' father was James O. Stokes; his grandfather was a native of England, and an Episcopal clergyman, who came to America in 1832. Mrs. Stokes' father was Seth Lamb; her mother Phoebe Moshier. The Moshiers were of English descent, and Mrs. Stokes is the seventh generation in America.

Matthews, Edward, who for for forty years has been among the progressive and successful business men of Orleans county, was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1827, and came to this country in 1852 with his brother, Henry. For three years Edward worked in a mill at Eagle Harbor, after which he turned his attention to farming. In 1856 he married Cornelia Chubb, and for some years worked the Chubb farm. His wife having died in 1868, Mr. Matthews married Adelia, widow of William Davis and daughter of Henry R. Loomis. Henry R. Loomis' parents were Russell and Lydia Loomis, Mrs. L. being one of the first six pioneer Baptists of Albion, N. Y. One child has been born of this last marriage, M. Gertrude L. Harry Loomis was one of the pioneers of this country. He was born in Conway, Massachusetts, in 1799, and came with his father to this region. He married Savilla Parker and had four children : Austin, Adelia L., William and Sarah. Mr. Loomis was killed by an accident at thirty-seven years of age, and after his death his widow married Dimmick Houghton, and lived and died in Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Horton had one daughter, who married Andrew Hale, and lives in Orleans, Mich. Mr. Loomis was a farmer on the location now occupied by Edward Matthews.

Snyder, Henry E., was born in Rensselaer county, June 11, 1845, a son of Simon G. Snyder, born in 1816, who married Sarah M. Dubois, born in 1825. Their children were: Henry E., Sarah, born in 1847, who married Henry Ruger; George A., born in 1859, who married Frances Elliott, and Ida, born in 1860. who married Marcus C. Church. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Hamlin and the Albion High School, which he left for the war, enlisting in the 2d N. Y. Mounted Rifles, Com- pany L, in February, 1864. He participated in the battles of Cold Harbor, Shady Grove, Wilderness, etc., and was honorably discharged at the close. He has served as collector for the town and deputy collector of customs at Oak Orchard Harbor. Oc- tober 11, 1866, he married Caroline R. Schoonover, born at Barre, November 24, 1849. Her father was Ammon Schoonover, a native of Chili, Monroe county, born in 1812, and died January 14, 1894. He married Anna Van Ocker, born in 1810, who died in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have had three children: Ammon G., born in Kendall, February 7, 1868, who married Gertrude F. Gentle, a native of England, and has one son, Fred H., born April 5, 1891 ; George E., born October 6, 1871, and married Luella V. Hoag, June 29, 1892 ; and Fred H., born September 9, 1873, who is now in the employ of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad as stenographer at Rochester. A. G. was a teacher for some time in the Business University at Sandusky, O., and is

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now teaching in Sawyer. George G. taught for several terms also, filling a position at the Clinton Liberal Institute at Fort Plain, and has since taught at Terre Haute Com- mercial College.

Beckwith, N. Ely, is a son of Charles G. Beckwith, who was born in Great Barring- ton, Mass., November 3, 1820, and married Emily Kuck, of Carlton, born June 14, 1823, and died August 28, 1861. Her father, George Kuck, was born in London, Eng- land, 1816 (see sketch of Edwin Beckwith). The children of Charles G. and Emily were: George, Edwin, Charles E., Willis (deceased), and N. Ely. The latter was born December 25, 1853, and began work for himself in the flouring mill at Waterport. where he remained one and a half years, then worked at carpentry. December 9, 1875, he married Alice R. Clark, daughter of William Clark. She was born October 1, 1857, and their children were: Willis C., born December 21, 1879, and Gladys A., born October 12, 1891.

Wilson, Benjamin S., was the son of Henry Wilson, who was born in Dutchess county, August 5, 1807, and died in Carlton, January 24, 1871 .. Henry Wilson settled in Carlton in 1835, coming from Saratoga county. His wife was Catherine Ann Shear, born in Dutchess county, August 10, 1808, and died December 24, 1884. The children of Henry and Catherine Ann Wilson were as follows: Mary Wilson, born March 5, 1829 ; Benjamin S., born May 10, 1831; John C., born December 11, 1832; Cynthia, born February 17, 1836; George H., born August 31, 1838; Ellen, born August 15, 1840; Margaret, born January 4, 1843; Wilber F., born April 23, 1845; H. Seaver, born January 13, 1847 ; Philo B., born January 20, 1851; Sarah E, born August 31, 1855; Clark G., born March 3, 1855. George H. Wilson died January 11, 1877, and H. Seaver, May 23, 1888. Benjamin S. Wilson came to this county with his parents when four years of age and resided in Albion and vicinity until thirty years of age. He was educated in the common schools of Albion and spent his boyhood days on the farm. In 1861 he purchased the farm of 118 acres, where he now resides, and also owns the adjoining farm of 115 acres. He is a Republican and has held office as assessor three years and was supervisor of the town of Carlton in 1879 and 1880. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. at Two Bridges. In 1862 Benjamin S. Wilson married Almira L. Grow, who was born in Carlton, February 8, 1834, and was the daughter of Jasper M. Grow, born in Wayne county, August 6, 1808, who is still living. The wife of Jasper M. Grow was Betsey Jane Clark, born in Wayne county, December 5, 1809, and died December 15, 1887. Benjamin S. and Almira Wilson were the parents of six children : Schuyler S., born October 15, 1863 ; Louise, born January 4, 1866; Henry J., born April 22, 1868; Catherine Jane, born March 20, 1870; Benjamin G., born May 15, 1875; Mary Ellen, born November 25, 1875.

Gillette, Willis A., was born in Ridgeway, September 4, 1841. He is one of the lead- ing farmers and fruit growers of Ridgeway. In 1864 he married Amanda Tanner His father is Parley Gillette, who is now eighty-nine years of age, and has lived in Ridgeway since 1820, a longer residence than that of any other man in town. His mother was Emeline Bottom. Mr. Gillette's grandfather, Levi Gillette, and Parley Gillette walked to Ridgeway from Dansville in 1820, when this part of the State was still a wilderness.

Breed, Albert C., was born in Truxton, Cortland county, N. Y., July 27, 1827, and came to Orleans county with his parents in 1829. He married Sarah J. Winches- ter, and they have three children, Estelle, Nellie, and George W. Estelle is now Mrs. Lutz, of Lockport, and Nellie is Mrs. Shaw, of Buffalo. Mr. Breed's father was William Breed, and his mother Sophia Hedger.

Pratt, John, was born in Oneida county, February 28, 1816, and is a descendant of Nehemiah, who was born in Massachusetts, and later removed to Oneida county, his

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family consisting of four children : Lydia, Judith, Abigail, and Nehemiah, father of our subject, The latter was born in Massachusetts in 1783, and died in Gaines in 1865, aged seventy-two. He reared a family of five sons and three daughters, who grew to maturity, as follows : Winslow, born in 1808, died aged seventy ; Reuben, born in 1810, died aged fifty-two; Lydia, born 1812, died aged eighteen ; Nehemiah, born 1814, died aged thirty-six ; John, born in 1816; Judith, born in 1818, died in 1892, aged seventy-four ; Mary, born in 1823, died in 1887; Alvin, born in 1826, lives in Flint, Mich. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and taught for nine terms, and later bought his first farm in Yates, containing 200 acres Mr. Pratt married in 1848, at Gaines, Hannah A., daughter of Macey Pratt, born April 19, 1826, and they have had one daughter, Sarah, born in Carlton, February 14, 1853, who died November 12, 1885. She married Charles English, who died in 1881.

Acer, H. A., was born in the town of Shelby, July 19, 1858. His father is V A Acer, one of the best known men of Shelby. In the fall of 1880 Mr. H. A. Acer em- barked in the hardware business in Medina, where he now runs a very extensive establishment. He is a thorough and highly successful business man. In 1880 he married Ella, daughter of Oscar Whedon and they have three sons.

Achilles, Fred H., was born at Oak Orchard, May 10, 1854, and in 1887 he married Sarah, daughter of J. Whitney Howes. He is extensively engaged in farming, having also a large peach orchard. Alfred Achilles, grandfather of our subject, came from Oneida county in 1830, located at Oak Orchard, and died in 1841, leaving a widow and seven children : Morriw W., Albert H., Henry L., Charles, George R., Charlotte and Edward. Morroiw W., father of Fred H., married Diana Turner (who is still living), and died in 1860. Their children were: Lucy A., Fred H., and Jennie. Mason Turner, father of'Mrs. Diana Achilles, came from Connecticut to Genesee county in 1811 and enlisted in the war of 1812, where he was wounded and lost the use of an arm. In 1835 he moved to Oak Orchard, and was postmaster there for many years. He died in 1861, leaving a wife and four children : Lois McCracken, Mary Ralph, Lucy Nichols, and Diana Achilles Wait.

Anderson, Mrs. Lucy, was born in Gaines, April 3, 1827. Subject's father was Brigadier Bullard, who settled in Gaines in 1811, being one of the first settlers. Her mother was Lovina Parker. Their children were: Lucy, who Mathew T. Anderson, born September 8, 1824, died November 28, 1870. They had one child, Lucy Jane, born May 23, 1848. She married Nahum W. Fish, born July 25, 1837, died in May, 1888. They had three children: Mattie A., born February 5, 1869, died in July 1871; Hattie L., born July 30, 1873; Tracy A., born May 12, 1876. Subject's husband, Mathew T., was born in Barre, Orleans county. His father was Mathew, born in Rut- land, Vt. He died on the farm where our- subject now resides in 1864. Mathew T., husband of our subject, was elected supervisor of Gaines for three terms.

Allen, Edward, was born in Norfolk, England, in 1815, and came to America in 1847. He settled in Barre, where he resided till 1867, and then purchased a farm in the town of Clarendon, where he has since resided. In 1837 he married Sarah Amos, and their children were: Caroline, who married William Thorp of Barre; Agnes, who married Samuel Williams, of Clarendon; Vashti, who married George Bowen, of Barre; and John, a farmer of this town. The latter married Elizabeth Hall, by whom he has six children : Eva, Caroline, Rosa, Edward, Cora and Sarah.

Allen, Henry E., was born in Medina February 14, 1854, and has been in the meat business since fifteen years of age. Heis well known throughout Orleans county, is a staunch Republican, and is filling the office of poormaster for the second term. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows and also of the Knights of Honor. In 1876 he married Ella Wooden, and they have three children : William, Edith and Orra. Mr

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Allen's father was Gideon Allen. His grandfather, Jonah Allen, was a pioneer in this connty. ],

Allen, Charles S., came from Phelps, Ontario county, in 1848 and located near Barre Centre. Two years later his father, Caleb Allen, came to the town and was afterward and until his death a carpenter and builder in this vicinity. Charles S. Allen was a farmer and surveyor, and at the latter avocation has ever since been almost constantly employed. He was for twenty-three years one of the ditch commissioners of the county. Mr. Allen married Edna Robinson, of Phelps, Ontario county, and to them these children were born : Alvin R., Josephus W., Dr. A. J., James G., Dr. C. W. and Frank M., all of whom, save one, grew to maturity. Mr. Allen and wife are still living. Mr. Charles Allen is a Republican and has held the office of assessor in Barre for nine years. He was also one of the organizers of the Orleans County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and for some years one of its directors. Alvin R. Allen was born March 6, 1839 : was brought up on the farm and educated in the common schools. He taught school ten winter terms, and at the age of twenty-one began farming for himself and continued in that occupation until 1890, when he came to Albion to reside, he having been elected clerk of the county. In November, 1892, he was re-elected. In April, 1862, Mr. Allen married Anna D., daughter of Hiram Shell, of Barre. They have had six children, four of whom are now living. Mr. Allen and family are members of the Baptist Church of Albion.

Allis, Myron G., the oldest of the children of pioneer Lucius and Fanny Allis, was born June 18, 1826, and during his many years of residence in Barre, became as well known and as much respected as almost any man in the town. He was a good farmer, his lands embracing 110 acres, and was successful in his business endeavors. He was a strong Republican, and equally strong in his religious life, being an earnest Methodist. On July 11, 1851, Mr. Allis was married to Rachel M. Van Buren. Two children were born of this marriage, viz: Viola J., wife of M. J. Grinnell, and Lucius E., who married Anna Atwell. Myron G. Allis died February 13, 1894.

Alderson, William, was born in the north of England in 1811 anc came to America about 1835 and settled at Hulburton. He was a mason by trade and also engaged in farming. He married Mary Kerr, and they were the parents of the following children : Rosetta, who married George Royston, and settled in Michigan ; William, who settled in Michigan ; Jennette, who died unmarried; Esther, who is a teacher in Albion Academy; Anna, who married Chauncy Hart of Kendall, and John. John Alderson was born at Hulberton, in 1840, and arriving at manhood learned the cooper's trade and since 1865 has carried on a cooper shop at Hulburton. Mr. Alderson is a strong Demo- crat and has held numerous offices in the town, being supervisor in 1888-89, assessor for six years, and collector. In 1866 he married Emma Poole, daughter of Alrinza Poole of Murray, and their children are: Frank, Bert, and Alfred. William Anderson, sr., died at Hulburton, January 7, 1894. His wife survives him.

Andrews, Richard, was born in the town of Wheatland, Monroe county, July 5, 1837. His grandfather was John Andrews, a native of England and for many years a sailor. The father of Richard was Richard, sr., born in Monroe county and died in Gaines in A .gust, 1881, aged seventy-two. Richard sr., came to Gaines in 1840 and followed the business of a veterinary surgeon. He married Hannah Straight, born in Monroe county, and died in January, 1882, aged seventy-five years. The children of Richard and Hannah Andrews were: Mercy M., born in Rush, Monroe county, February 3, 1828; Lyman B., born in Rush, March 17, 1829, and died in 1888; Augustus A., born in Riga in 1831 and died in 1878; Richard ; Alexis C., born in Gaines in 1840, and mar- ried Alva Fuller; Frances, born in Gaines in 1845, married Ransom C. Rice, and they have one child, Sadie. Richard, jr., was educated in the common school of Gaines, after which he learned the harness trade with George A. Hoyt, aud has since been in that

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business. He has always been a Republican and has served as town clerk and is now highway commissioner of the town of Gaines. He is a member of the Good Templars Lodge of this town and has always been a consistent temperance man. Mr. Andrews was married at Elkhorn, Wis., in July, 1858, to Caroline Golden, who was born in Poughkeepsie in 1838, and died in Gaines November 27, 1861. They were the parents of one child, Rosepha C., born in Eagle Harbor, December 16, 1860, and married Robert C. Whaling, and now reside in Gaines. They have the following children : Winnifred, born in Gaines, May 8, 1882; Edna, born in Gaines May 15, 1884; Hazel, born in Gaines March 20, 1886; Mabel, born in Gaines April 28, 1888 and died in August, 1888; David, born April 16, 1891 and died February 25, 1891; Robert, born January 15, 1894, and died in infancy. Mr. Andrews married for his second wife Julia Parker, born in Gaines, and died September 19, 1890, aged fifty-four year. They had one child, Hellen E., born June 21, 1867. Mr. Andrews's third wife was Orpha P. Briggs, born in Ken- dall, Orleans county.

Boranizer, Paul, was born in the town of Clarkson, Monroe county, in 1861. His father, Peter, was a native of Ireland and came to America in 1854, settling in Clarkson. He married Mary Welch. Subject settled in the town of Murray in 1885, purchasing a farm two miles west of Holley. He married in 1882 Lizzie, daughter of Hubert Strogen, of Clarendon, and they have two children : Charles and Florence.

Bowen, S. C., was born in the town of Yates, March 27, 1828. He grew up on a farm and after a three years' clerkship started a general store in Lyndonville in 1854. He came to Medina and after three years in the dry goods business embarked in the produce trade, and has been engaged in it ever since. His fine stone warehouse is one of the most substantial buildings in the village, and was erected in 1890. Mr. Bowen has been trustee of the village, police justice, collector, town supervisor and county treasurer, and held a seat on the School Board. He married Catherine Jackson December 30, 1852; they have three children living : Wilbor A., Lena G., and Mrs. F. J. Squires. Wilbor A. has been prominently connected with the Young Men's Christian Association. He was for seven years assistant State secretary of the association for Pennsylvania, and during a portion of the year 1882, State secretary for the association in Maine. (For ancestors of Bowen family see Judge Thomas's history).

Bidelman, Leander, is a grandson of Henry, who was born in Germany and came to the town of Ridgeway, Orleans county, in 1817, and died in 1860, aged eighty-two years. Samuel Bidelman, the father of Leander, was born in Manheim, Herkimer county, June, 29, 1806, and came with his parents to Orleans county in 1817. May 20, 1820, he went to Ridgeway to learn the trade of tanner and currier, and the shoe- making business with Isaac A. Bullard. Mr. Bullard soon died, after which Samuel bought the establishment and carried on the business for himself. May 17, 1829, he married Eliza Prussia, born in Lancaster county, Pa., of German parentage. In 1835 he sold his business there and moved to Gaines in October where he bought the tan- yard of James Mather and carried on the business for several years, taking into part- nership with him his two sons, Henry and Charles. Mr. Bidelman was elected super- visor of Gaines in 1842-1845-1846-1853-1854-1857. He died July 18, 1879. The children of Samuel and Eliza Bidelman were as follows: Leander, born in Ridgeway March 29, 1830 ; Henry O., born March 20, 1832; Eli, born in 1834; John, born March 30, 1837; Harriett, born May 17, 1841; Charles, born in 1843. Leander, our subject, was educated in the common schools of Gaines and then engaged in farming. He was formerly a Republican and is now excise commissioner of Gaines (no license). He is a member of the Royal Templars of Albion No. 16, and of the Good Templars No. 984 of Fairhaven Lodge. He married December 15, 1858, Elizabeth Popple, who was born in Cattaraugus county in 1836. Her father was Henry Popple, born in 1805 in Herkimer county, and died in 1880. Her mother was Sarah Dunning, born in Ham-

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 98

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084